Here is a pointed Silver Jet ready to face its brief life. I caught several at this point, and can see no gas leakage. The pics of some Accumatch-1 pellets from the old Air Rifle Headquarters show that there was a teeny gas buildup between the two sealing areas, which released once the front band was in the open.. This may happen to all pellets; I just don't know. Not a biggy anyhow.

These early pics tell me that the sound trigger is keying off internal gun noise instead of muzzle noise. I'll have to lower its sensitivity a bunch.